MemoryStream.Length Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.IO

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

MemoryStream.cs

Gets the length of the stream in bytes.

public:
 virtual property long Length { long get(); };

public override long Length { get; }

member this.Length : int64

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property Length As Long

Property Value

Int64

The length of the stream in bytes.

Exceptions

ObjectDisposedException

The stream is closed.

Examples

This code example is part of a larger example provided for the MemoryStream class.

// Write the stream properties to the console.
Console::WriteLine( "Capacity = {0}, Length = {1}, "
"Position = {2}\n", memStream->Capacity.ToString(), memStream->Length.ToString(), memStream->Position.ToString() );

// Write the stream properties to the console.
Console.WriteLine(
    "Capacity = {0}, Length = {1}, Position = {2}\n",
    memStream.Capacity.ToString(),
    memStream.Length.ToString(),
    memStream.Position.ToString());

' Write the stream properties to the console.
Console.WriteLine( _
    "Capacity = {0}, Length = {1}, Position = {2}", _
    memStream.Capacity.ToString(), _
    memStream.Length.ToString(), _
    memStream.Position.ToString())

See also

• File and Stream I/O
• How to: Read Text from a File
• How to: Write Text to a File